Path-Integral Monte Carlo. This technique
is used to study atoms deposited on surfaces.
A good reference for this technique is our paper:
"Path-integral Monte Carlo simulation of the second
layer of 4He adsorbed on graphite".
M. Pierce and E. Manousakis
Phys. Rev. B 59, 3802 (1999) [View:PDF
(1 MB)]
Green's function Monte Carlo. This
techniques is used to study the ground state
of correlated systems. A recentl publication
which describes the technique and gives
references is the following.
"Green's function Monte Carlo for Lattice Fermions: Application
to the t-J Model".
C. S. Hellberg and E. Manousakis, Phys.
Rev. B 61, 11787 (2000).
We also use Monte Carlo methods for classical
models.
If the order parameter has been correctly
identified, such models
can describe the critical properties of quantum
phase transitions
within the context of Landau-Ginzburg theory
of phase transitions.
Related references can be found in
"Finite-size scaling in two-dimensional superfluids"
N. Schultka and E. Manousakis
Phys. Rev. B 49, 12071-12077 (1994)
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We also use exact diagonalization techniques.
See for example the following publication.
"Stripes and the t-J Model "
C. Stephen Hellberg and E. Manousakis
Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 132 (1999). [View:
PDF (1MB)]
While the solution provided by such method is
exact for the
ground state or a few low-lying excited states,
only small
size systems can be studied by the method.
Since we are interested for properties in the
thermodynamic
limit, the results obtained with this technique
have to be taken
with great caution.